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On June 30, Adolpha Martinez stole the flag from Ames Church of Christ in Iowa and burned it. Kalchik claims he has received death threats since carrying out the flag burning, with the Chicago Tribune reporting that he required a police escort due to fear of being attacked. According to KCCI-TV, a man will be serving 17 years in prison because he stole an LGBT flag from a church and then proceeded to burn it in front of a men’s strip club. “It was just by accident that this banner that was made to celebrate all things gay…did not get destroyed when I first got here,” he said.